Toilet article



Patented Dec. 15, 1925.

UNITED srfrias 1,565,354 PATENT oFFIcE.

GEORGE R. FARRELL, OF LEOMINSTER, MASSACH'SETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE AS- SIGNMENTSfTO STANDARD PYKROXOLOID CORPORATION, OF LEOMINSTER, lVIASSA-v CHUSETTS, A CORPORATION F MASSACHUSETTS.

TOILET ARTICLE.

, Application filed November 15, 1923'. Serial 110.675,003.

To all ic/0m t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. FAnnnLL, a citizen ofl the United States, residing at Leominster, in the county of Vorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Toilet Article, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a toilet article such as a brush, Imirror or the like.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide an varticle of this characterl formed with a minimum amount of pyroXyn lin and yet having the appearance of being made of solid pyroxylin and provided with a solid material inside the sheet material of which it is made which will give the necessary solidity and rigidity. This results in the saving of material amounts of pyroXylin and the substitution of a cheaper material inside the article where it cannot be seen.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a plan of a hand mirror constructed in accordance with this invention;

F ig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. l; and

F ig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the application of this invention to a hair brush.

In Figs. 1 and 2, I have shown the invention as comprising a back having a perimeter 11 extending all around itand incurved at its edge. It extends upwardly from the plane back 10 to a slight distance and is provided with a fiat top surface 12 extending all around in a plane parallel with the main surface of the back 10. The front 13 of this article is made in the same way and both these parts, instead of being formed as heretofore of a thick piece of pyroXylin, are formed of a thin sheet of pyroxylin preferably not over 410/1000 of an inch in thickness. The edges are made in dies smoothly convex so that they do not have to be trued up or finished. The front instead of having a flat outside surface like the back 10 is provided with a depression 14 for receiving the mirror 15 and a pyroxylin rod 1G for holding it in place.v

It will be seen that if the two adjacent surfaces 12 of the front and back which are intended to be of exactly the same shape were abutted together they could be cemented together and an article of the desired'shape made therefrom. But to make a distinctive and attractive article and also to add to its strength and rigidity I place on one of these plane surfaces 12 a flat outline strip 19 of pyroxylin of considerable thickness but only of slight width. It has the outline of the article as shown and projects beyond the edges of the back and front 10 and 13 and also projects within them.

The parts thus far described constitute all the pyroXylin used and if put together. in that way would provide a hollow article of very flexible character but I fill the space inside with a plastic material capable of hardening to a condition in which it has a great deal of rigidity. This ills the entire 'space and gives the article the appearance and strength of one made of solid pyroxylin. It will be understood of course that both the surfaces 12 of the back and front are cemented to opposite sides of the strip 19. This strip is rounded off on its outer surface to give it an attractive appearance. As the convex edges of the front and back lie back a uniform distance from the edge of'this strip 19 they do not interfere with the trimming and rounding of the outer edge of the strip 19. This article can be made by the method described in my copending Patent No. 1,521,875.

In the form shown in Fig. 3 the invention is illustrated as applied to a hair brush. This is made similar to the mirror but where that has a depression 14 for the glass, this is provided with a series of perforations 21 for a number of brush tufts 22. The ends of these tufts stick back into the interior of the article and are surrounded and held by the plastic material 2O which thus co-operate with the tufts to hold them in position. It also surrounds the inwardly projecting edge of the strip 19 to hold that rigidly.

Although I have illustrated and described only two forms of the invention, I am aware of the fact that it can be applied to other articles with variations in form without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the claims.

Therefore I do not wish to be limited to the particular article shown but what I do claim is 1. As an article of manufacture, a hand mirror having' a back of thin sheet pyroXylin inturned at its edgevto foi-in a surrounding Wall at tlieedge and having a Hat sun face at the end of said wall, a front formed.Vv in substantially the saine waybut havinga. depression for tl1e glassf,.the two parts being...

placed together so tliattheir inturned edges register with each other, an outline strip of contrasting pyroxylin inserted betweenysaid p eter extending vto gard theiother and of theY saine size and shapeandprovided with a planensurtaeeon lthe edge thereof, and an outline strip. of pyroxylin located between the two flat surfacesof said perimeters and projecting beyond themY `both 'inwardly and outwardly, and a :filling of plastic materialinseited therein .1

Maaate 3. .iinartlicle otmanufacture-of the class described comprisinga back land front .of thin..sheetmpyroxylin, each having its edge extending toward. the otherandof substanf tially the sameV bsir/ie and shape, an outline strip of pyroxylin of. a contrastingappear- "ance located between the two adjacent edges of saidfront and back and projecting beyond them both inwardly and outwardly .and rounded onv its outer edge, and a filling of plastic material inserted therein.

An articlenof manufacture of the classv described comprising Ya back: and fronto'l:A

thin slieet..pyi'oxylin,.of substantially `the same size and shape, an outline strip ofpy-Av roxylin of a contrasting appearance located..

between the two adjacent edgesof said .front and back and projecting'.beyondtheniaand roundedvonits outer edge, andraxicilling of.'

plastic material` inserted thereinww i In 'testiinonywhereoff "havehereunto..

allixed my signature.L l

GEORGE` R. FARRELL9 s 

